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VICTORIA    MINE. 


This  Mine  is  situated  on  the  North  Shore  of  Lake 
Huron,  in  Canada,  about  one  hundred  miles  east  oi  the 
Bruce  Mine,  and  about  the  same  distance  west  of  Owen 
Sound,  on  a  long,  high  cape  of  land,  north  of  Frazer 
Bay,  according  to  Bayfield's  map,  to  which  or.^.y  accu- 
rate map  of  tliia  coast  of  the  Georgian  Bay,  refei'ence 
is  particularly  made.  It  ia  located  on  a  Government 
Permit  and  contains  400  Jlres  of  mineral  land,  giving 
a  length  of  vein  of  over  a  mile  across  the  highest  por- 
tion of  the  Cope. 

It  will  b(^  seen,  by  reference  to  the  accompanying 
Report  of  William  II.  Palmer,  Esq.,  who  made  a  survey 
of  the  location  in  October  last,  —  a  gentleman  well 
known  for  his  thoi'ough  explorations  and  able  reports 
on  the  mineral  districts  of  the  north  shores  of  this  lake 
and  of  the  St.  Marv's  River,  —  that  the  vein  has  the 
North  JtVistfj-ly  direction  or  course  that  characterizes 
the  great  copi)er  lodes  of  this  and  other  countries.- - 
At  tli(?  surface  it  liad  a  dip  of  3"  to  4°  to  the  North, 
but  by  sinking  down  a  few  feet,  by  means  of  one  or 
two  bla.*it.«,  next  to  the  hknging  wall,  which  is  straight 
and  well  define(\  it  became  more  perpendicular.  With 
tlie  triHing  woi'k  that  has  been  done  in  opening  the  sur- 
face for  spct'imens,  the  vein  shows  over  six  feet  wide, 
richly  di:Cseminated  throughout  with  yellow  and  pea- 
cock ore,  which  becomes  moi-e  concentrated  and  rich, 
racli  foot  sunk. 

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worked,  and  othors  of  Lake  linnni  and  Lake  Superior, 
tliis  is,  by  far,  tlie  heaviest  and  richest  lode  of  copper 
ore  vet  discovered  in  these  extensive  mineral  districts; 
and  from  tlie  width  and  softness  of  tlie  vein  stone,  it. 
can  be  mined  for  one  fourth  of  the  (!\])ense  recpiisite 
to  w<^rk  the  hard  quartz  veins  of  otluu*  localities.  This 
very  important  and  clistini^uishing  characteristic  of  the 
Victoria  Mine  is  particularly  referred  ro  in  the  an- 
nexed communication  of  Ckpt.  Thomas  O'Coipor,  who 
has  had  great  experienc"  iWnining,  nndis  well  acquain- 
ted with  the  ores  of  copper  of  this  country  and  of 
Euro})e.  This  quality  of  the  lode  must  add  vastly  to 
it*i  value  for  economical  mining,  f.nd  give  it  advantages 
over  all  other  mihes  in  this  rei^ion  of  countrv. 

It  has  other  very  important  advantages  for  economi- 
cal mining.  An  audit  can  be  run  in  from  the  waters 
edge,  on  the  coui*se  of  the  vein  so  as  to  give  a  drainage 
of  at  least  'MM  feet,  and  large  class  vessels  can  come 
with  in  'lOO  fee f  of  t/u'  mouth  of  the  adit,  thus  retjuir- 
ing  but  a  small  outlay  for  wharfs,  and  giving  gi"eat 
facilities  for  ship{)ing  purposes,  and  in  a  harbor  where 
vessels  can  lie  in  safety  in  tlu^  woi-st  kinds  of  weatlier 

Timber  of  the  best  descrijttions,  such  as  the  several 
spe;ies  of  pine,  maple,  etc.,  can  be  had  in  abundance  at 
Government  ])rit'<'  in  th(^  vicinity  of  the  mine,  and  it  is 
so  near  the  I'ich  agricultural  districts  l»ordering  on  the 
eastern  extremity  of  the  (retyririan  Bay,  that  all  kinds 
of  supplies  will  be  obt.-iined  with  facilitv  and  at  very 
low  rates    -at  lower  rates  than  at  any  oth<'r  mining  io- 


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Thoj)osition  of  this  mine,  in  <nfMy  rospect,  is  exceed- 
inp^ly  favorable^  for  mininc;  on  a  moi^t  extcMisivo  scale 
witli  econoniY,  and  tliere  can  be  no  question  ]mt  the 
vein  is  very  lari^e  and  of  tlui  most  favoral)le  cluiracter, 
and  one  tbat  can  be- far  more  easily  worked  than  anv 
otlier  on  the  shores  of  these  lakes  ;  and,  so  far  as  can 
be  seen  from  surface  indications,  it  lias  no  equal  in 
promise  either  in  the  United  States  or  Canada. 

As  to  the  (juantity  of  om,^  cannot  be  otherwise  than 
abundant,  judging  fi'om  the  large  width  and  extent  of 
the  vein  already  opened,  and  tis  it  is  sufficiently  wide 
to  he  worked  without  1)(  ijjg  ol)liged  to  break  or  raise 
the  useless  wall  rock  or  '•country,"  every  foot  (^f  vein 
stone  raised,  from  the  first  blast,  will  ])roduce  its  cer- 
tain value;  and,  with  all  the  facilities  for  shipping,  (the 
ore  may  be  sent  in  bulk,  by  vessel,  from  the  mine  dl- 
]'ectly  to  the  Atlantic  sea-bofird,  oi'to  Swansea,  without 
resliipment,)  and  with  the  facilities  for  obtaining  sup- 
plies, together  with  the  reqt'ut  improvements  for  ore 
tb'essing,  this  mine  ought  to  be  brought  to  a  paying 
point  in  a  year's  time. 

Tlie  pro))rl('tor  makes  the  foregoing  statement  in  an- 
swer to  incpiiries  on  the  su])ject.  and  invites  all  persons 
desirous  of  seeing  this  very  interesting  location  to  pay 
it  a  visit,  wdiich  can  be  very  easily  done  at  any  time, 
by  tlie  lines  of  steamers  r>lying  between  CoUingwood 
and  SautSte.  Marie,  Avliich  steamers  pa?s  within  two  or 
tliree  mile.\  and  can  come  within  a  lew  rods  of  the 
location. 


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Ef  port  mi  tire  Wnkm  pining  $'0cation, 


BY  W.  n    fAIMV.n. 


Thif<  location  is  situated  on  the  v\  esteru  extremity  of 
the  long  Cape  projecting  into  Lake  Huron,  north  of 

Tiazer  Bav.     One  hundred  chains,  meiusured  east  and 

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M'est  on  the  Cape,  and  ti'avf?t'sed  hy  a  line  drawn  north 
and  south  across  the  Cape,  will  give  ahout  400  acres. 
The  highest  point  of  the  location  is  over  300  feet  aT»r»v(^ 
•  the  water  level.  4,^. 

■  This  rock  in  place  is  "lurite,*'  viz:  a  finegrained,  white 
granito,  in  which  felsj>ar  predoiiii nates.  This  forms  the 
principal  foundation  rock  of  the  country  for  many  miles 
around,  and  is  traversed  everywhere  by  narrow  dyk(>s 
<tf  compact,  l)lue  trap,  running  generally  about  ejist  and 
west,  but  in  some  places  throwing  f)!!' branches  at  near- 
ly right  angles  with  the  n;,ftin  dykes.  In  these  dykes 
occur  all  Ihe  veins  of  copper  ore  that  are  found  in  this 
region.  ""  > 

The  dyke  which  cuntitins  the  vein  in  the  Victoria 
Location  runs  alongthc  crest  of  the  mountain  in  a  coui*se 
varying  from  5  to  1 0  degrees  north  of  east,  being  about 
parallel  with  the  lidge.  The  lode,  when  first  discov- 
ered, showed  itself  on  thejiorth  side  of  the  dyke,  about 
four  {"tr-et  wide,  bul  on  working  down  a  few  feet,  I  found 
it  to  dip  raj/idly  toward  the  centre  of  the  dyke,  becom- 
ing more  concentrated,  and  improving  both  in  quality 
and  quantify  as  if  descends. 


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This  dyke  I  hiiw  traced  tVoiu  tlie  western  point  of 
the  Ciipe,  where  it  projeels  into  the  Lake,  to  fully  liv(j 
miles  eastward,  and  at  tliat  distance  found  a  handsome 
vein  of  copper  ore,  wliich  I  liave  every  reason  to  ha- 
lieve  is  a  continuation  o^Uhe  lode  on  the  Victoria  Lo- 
cation.    A  liitie  to  the  "north  of  the  copper  bearm^^ 
dyke  I  found  a  mass  ot  trap  rock  similar  in  cjiaracter, 
but  had  not  time  to  examine-  it  so  as  to  ascertain  wheth- 
er it  were  a  true  dyke  or.  not.     The  trap  dykes  in  this 
resjiion  are  invariably  of  a%)ft  texture, and  easily  drillerh 
The  advantai^es  for  mining  on  this  location  are  very 
great,  the  location  bein^  washed  on  three   sides   by 
navigable  water.     All  avifund  the  Cape  there  are  nine 
fathoms  within  ten  rods  of  the  shore.     Its  proximity, 
too,  to  the  great  agricultural  districts  of  Upper  Canada, 
give  it  advantages  not  to  be  overlooked,  being  only 
about  100  miles  d'stantfrora  Owen  Sound,  the  priii- 
cipal  port  on  the  Georgian  Bay,  three  miles  north  of 
.  the  direct  stoand)oat  I'oute  to  Lake  Superior,  and  pre- 
cisely on  the  winter  mi«iS?'oute. 

A  mine  established  on  "Cape^  Victoria"  will  be  tl'C 
frontier  post  of  a  number  of  othei-s,  which  will  uiidoulit- 
edly  be  worked  furtlierj^ack  in  the  interior,  as  the 
mountains  to  the  nortli  and  eiust  abound  in  ores  of  cop- 
per and  iron.  On  this  point  I  can  speak  with  certainty, 
having  the  testimony  of  my  own  eyes  to  the  important 
fact.  --^•^ 

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Saut  >Sfi.  Marie,  Oct.  25,  1854 
J.  Vka'EN  Bkow  n,  Esq., 
Dom*  Sir : — You  mk  invi^piiiion  in  relation  to  the 
Hi)eclmens  of  oojiper  oro  froflSLake  Huron,  which  you 
have  at  your  office;  1  woul^  say,  that  I  Avorked  for 
thirteen  veal's  ill  the  copper  Jpii ires  in  Ireland,  in  the 
county  of  Kerry,  .and  I  ani^iml  acquainted  with  the 
character  of  coi)per  ores  in  tliat  country,  and  I  have 
nowhere  seen  ;i  Ijetter  lookfDe'  ore  than  the  surface 
specimens  you  have.  |pf 

Tlie  vein  stone  is  soft  and  \»ll  be  veiy  easily  worked, 
and  is  rich  in  copper.  It  w'lPnot  cost  hajf  as  much  to 
work  a  vein  of  that  characteikait  would  a  quartz  vein, 
and  it  will  he  crushed  andi^saed  with  much  less 
trouble  and  expense. 

If  the  vein  is  of  good  widt! 
and  otherwise  favoral>ly  siti 
ophiiou  that  it  Avill  make  a 
ble  mine. 

Very  Reipecttey,  <fec., 

TMMAS  O'CONNOR 
A,i^.  Iron  City  Mine. 


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,  I  am  of  veiy  strong 

valuabh;  and  profita- 


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